When bracing to the leg, there is one action more important than any other, compression. Bauerfeind's leg braces work by providing targeted medical-grade compression to specific muscles and areas in the leg to alleviate pain and inflammation, reduce swelling, improve blood-flow and activate the muscles to get more power and less fatigue out of each movement, for both short and long-term recovery.

Braces help to support and stabilise parts of the body after injury, illness or other issues. Like any type of recovery, it's important not to rely on a single thing, and for physical issues affecting the legs, that's particularly true. While wearing a leg brace, you should continue to strengthen and exercise the muscles to ensure the best recovery, so that when you start to ease off how often the brace is worn, your leg is strong and flexible.

It is true that strengthening is the primary way to effectively recover from injury, especially when done with the supervision and guidance of a physiotherapist. However, there's no need to do this alone, and combining it with a healthy diet, routine and bracing/supports, you can get more out of the strengthening, as well as alleviating the pain and discomfort that often stops people from properly exercising.

Virtually all of our products can be machine washed on a cold gentle cycle and air dried out of direct sunlight. Putting them on and taking them off carefully is recommended, and for specific product care, refer to the product manual or contact our friendly staff.

All supports and insoles come with a 12 month warranty, and compression stockings with a 3 month warranty for any manufacturers faults. At any point if you've got issues with the product or aren't sure if something is wrong, just contact our helpful staff.